Ottenburg

50°45′10″N 4°36′55″E

Ottenburg is a village in the municipality of Huldenberg in the province of Flemish Brabant, Belgium, close to the language border.[1][2] The prehistoric earthwork, a long barrow known as de Tomme, is located here, identified in 2021 by archaeologists as the oldest such monument known in the Low Countries.[3]

During the period of French occupation (1795–1815), Ottenburg was known as Ottenbourg and was in the department of the Dyle.[4]

Paul Splingaerd (1842–1906), who became a mandarin in China, lived in Ottenburg in his youth.[1]

References
  1. Jozef Spae, Mandarijn Paul Splingaerd, Koninklijke Academie voor Overzeese Wetenschappen, Verhandelingen van de Klasse voor Morele en Politieke Wetenschappen, vol. 49-1, 1986, p. 9 (online version)
  2. Huldenberg.be: Ottenburg (Tomme walk)
  3. VRT NWS.be: Mysteries ontrafeld: de Tomme in Ottenburg is het oudste monument van de Lage Landen. 16 July 2021
  4. Oudiette, Charles (an VII) [1798/99]: "Ottenbourg" in Le département de la Dyle ou première partie du dictionnaire géographique et topographique des neuf départements de la Belgique, p. 137. Bruxelles: Armand Gaborria (online version)


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